With their distinctive yellow cheeks and panelled tail feathers, the yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus funereus is one of the largest Australian parrots.

Their mournful cries can be heard as they fly above forest canopies in search of their favoured seeds of hakea, banksia and casuarina.

This black beauty has just enjoyed a meal from the coastal banksia, Banksia integrifolia, one of the most widely distributed species along the east coast of Australia, with habitats ranging from coastal dunes to mountain ridges.

These gorgeous long-tailed grass finches are also know as owl finches due to their resemblance to the Barn Owl.

Never far from water, Double-barred finches (Taeniopygia bichenovii) often feed in flocks on grass seeds and prefer to feast in grassy woodlands, open forests and farmlands. This subspecies is found up and down the east coast of Australia.

This trio sits amongst the long stems of a flowering lomandra.

The iconic Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae is a master of mimicry able to imitate any sound it hears.

Its spectacular plumage when spread out in display resembles the ancient Greek musical instrument, the lyre for which it is named.

This male is perched amongst ferns and foliage with the dramatic Blue Mountains in the distance.